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[–] todd_bonzalez@lemm.ee 29 points 3 months ago (1 children)

People don't appreciate enough that in Vietnam you get to say stuff costs hundreds of thousands of dongs.

[–] Chickenslippers@lemmy.world 7 points 3 months ago (2 children)

I have a little Vietnamese store next to my house and the sign that says bong dong cracks me up.

[–] meekah@lemmy.world 4 points 3 months ago

I'm gonna start calling the thing where you put the downstem into the bong "bong dong""

[–] TheRealKuni@lemmy.world 1 points 3 months ago

There used to be one in my town called “Dong Hung.” Always made me laugh.

They’ve since changed their name. I suspect someone finally told them what that means in English.